This cultivable plant rich in benefits can be a promising business field, but in the cultivation process you need to pay attention to crop maintenance in order to harvest the results according to expectations. Plants that enter the family of medicines in the form of shrubs and has an annual nature scattered throughout the tropics of the world.
In Indonesia, the largest turmeric cultivation is in central java with total production reaching 12,323 kg / ha. In the turmeric area of java is used as the main ingredient of traditional medicine such as herbal medicine, cosmetics, cooking spices and livestock food
Benefits of Turmeric
In addition to easily cultivated turmeric is also rich in benefits for the body so that consumers of this plant is always increasing, here are some benefits of turmeric obtained by the body after consuming, namely:
Anti Inflammation, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Cancer Prevention, Antioxidant Improvement, Improving Liver Function, Reducing Leukemia Risk, Cardiovascular Protection (Blood-related Disease) and Preventing Alzheimer.
That is the little benefit of turmeric, the next we will discuss the main topic of this article is how to plant turmeric step by step below.
Guide on How to Plant Turmeric
After we discussed the benefits of turmeric for the body, then we will discuss the main topic of this article is how to plant turmeric step by step below.
1. Selection of turmeric seeds
In the first stage in the way of planting turmeric is the selection of seeds, the use of good quality seeds will determine the harvest later because we will provide quality seed requirements below:
- Make sure the seeds come from plants that are fertile, healthy, have a lot of dau and healthy
- Seeds are protected from pests and diseases
- Seeds are derived from turmeric plants that are 7 to 12 months old
- Size, shape and color are the same
- Seeds have experienced dormancy or rest before planting.
2. Seedling of Turmeric Seedlings
How to plant the next turmeric is seeding of turmeric seeds, the purpose of seeding so that the seeds can grow optimally, the farmer's control process easier and the seeds of turmeric easily adapt to new environment. Here's how seeding turmeric seed you can do, namely:
- Location of turmeric seeds at a temperature of 25 to 28 degrees Celsius
- Allow for 1 to 11/2 months windy wind
- You also lay the seeds of turmeric in place of available straw with a temperature of 25 to 28 degrees Celsius
- In addition you can also soak the seed turmeric ZPT diluted for 3 hours.
- Let also for 1 month until the seeds grow buds and ready to be planted.
3. Planting Media Processing
After you do the seedling seedling turmeric, the next stage in how to plant turmeric is the processing of land. On this occasion we will discuss the cultivation of turmeric using the bed but if you want to use pots or polybags also can be considered is the planting medium that will be used for pertumbahn turmeric in the form of humus, straw and manure with a ratio of 3: 1: 1.
How to plant turmeric using a bed easily enough, you just need to prepare some tools such as hoes, sickles and manure dry. After the tools and materials are ready, wipe the land from annoying pests such as grass and other plants using hoes and sickles.
Then hoe ground or loose soil using hoe with 40 cm and give manure dry to mix more flat. Once the land is completed in the hoe, make a bed with a width of 60 to 100 cm, height 25 to 50 cm and the distance between beds 50 cm. Do not forget to make drainage around the bed for water flowing smoothly.
4. Turmeric Cultivation Process
Turmeric plants will grow well if planted at the beginning of the rainy season and harvested at the beginning of the dry season. Before making the planting process make a hole in the bed with a size of 30 x 30 cm and a depth of 60 cm and the distance between holes 60 cm x 60 cm.
How to plant turmeric is very easy, you only need to take the seeds of turmeric that has been prepared before then planted into the hole in the bed and give the manure dry and then cover using the soil. Turmeric cultivation should be done at the beginning of the rainy season and harvested early in the dry season for 7 to 8 months.
5. Turmeric treatment process
Turmeric plants still require maintenance in order to grow to the maximum and the tuber will have superior quality, following some turmeric treatment you can do in the way of planting turmeric are:
- Embroidery
This activity is done when turmeric plants are dying, so you need to replace with new plants but embroidery can only be done on plants that are 1 week less goal for a period of uniform turmeric growth.
- Weeding
The process of treating turmeric plants is weeding, a process aimed at clearing land from pests of pests such as grass or weeds. This process is done when the plants are 2 weeks old but also can be less or more than 2 weeks adjust to the condition of the land.
- Pembubunan
This process is carried out at 3 to 4 months old plants, by recovering the soil carried by the water around the bed because the drainage is necessary so that the water is not stagnant due to continuous rain.
- Fertilization
Fertilization is done so that the turmeric plants get enough nutrients so that the process of fertilization can be done optimally. Here we recommend to do fertilization with organic fertilizer or fertilizer sometimes from farm animals. The amount of fertilizer you can use is 45 tons per hectare with the number of plants reaching 160,000.
- Watering and watering
Previously we have explained about the importance of drainage around the bed because turmeric plants do not like the condition of the soil flooded by water because it can lead to decay of turmeric tubers.
- Time of pesticide spraying
Further spraying pests and diseases that attack the turmeric plants can be done so that turmeric can avoid the disease that resulted in the decay of the umbu. Dosage of pesticide spraying can be seen on the packaging label.
6. Turmeric Processing Turmeric
How to plant the last turmeric is a harvest, a process that is eagerly awaited by farmers. The process of harvesting is done on turmeric plants that are aged 7 to 8 months depending on the pattern you choose. The characteristics of turmeric plants that are ready to be harvested can be seen from the change in the color of the leaves that initially green bears to yellow or withered.
Harvesting is done by dismantling the beds using a hoe or fork, but before dismantling the better leaves and stems dismantled first so that the process of packaging the soil does not go into the sack.
Turmeric plant is very easy and rich in benefits for the health of the body, turmeric cultivation should be done at the beginning of the rainy season but you should still pay attention to the drainage around the bed so that the water flow smoothly and the ground not waterlogged. Hopefully how to plant turmeric above can be a reference for you to do turmeric cultivation at home, thank you.